Summary Thread
When and where?
The event’s venue is at Gaston Crommenlaan 4, 9000 Gent, at the TomTom offices. The exact entrance of the building is here. You take elevator 4s to the 5th floor, there the door should be open.
We will welcome everyone at 6:30 PM and aim to start the talks by 6:45 PM.
Agenda
Our format for the evening will be:
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6:30 PM: doors open, set up and general mingling
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6:45 PM: we begin the talks with a very brief introduction
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Each speaker will have slides and speak for 10-15 minutes. After each talk there will be time for 2-3 questions.
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We head to a nearby pub for discussion and #geobeers paid for by the sponsors.
The speakers:
- Britt Lonneville, VLIZ, Barbie, Blackpink and Maritime Boundaries.
- Kevin Baker, RouteYou, The perks of a route-sharing platform: piggybacking on others’ journeys.
- Rein Debrulle, Gent Gemapt, Ghent Mapped, a map to bridge collections.
- Salim Baidoun, TomTom, TomTom and the OpenStreetMap story.
For this Geomob, we have our speakers. Would you like to speak on the next Geomob Belgium? Volunteer here
The organizers:
Geomob Belgium is organized by Ben Abelshausen and Han Tambuyzer
Thanks
Geomob would not be possible without speakers and sponsors. Over the years we have had so many fantastic talks, spanning the range from inspirational to informative to weird and wacky. See the list of all the past speakers. Please get in touch if you would like to speak at a future Geomob.
